Chapter 12: [Moving into a Haunted House]

Chen Yan's eyes immediately brightened, visibly, his spirits even more vigorous.

"Haunted house? How haunted?"

Hu Shangke was a bit stunned.

Classmate, your mental state seems a bit off!

Why does it feel like you suddenly got excited?

Hu Shangke also perked up: "There really is such a place, in the Jiangning District of Chengnan, inside a villa complex.

Backed by a mountain, a standalone three-story villa, over four hundred square meters in total, decorated quite well, fully furnished. High-end furniture and appliances, even with central air conditioning.

The yard is large, with a big stretch of green space, and comes with an outdoor swimming pool; the total outdoor yard area exceeds one mu.

I'm telling you, brother, a house like this is absolutely considered luxury level!

Under normal circumstances, without a monthly rent of fifty thousand, don't even think about looking at it!"

"What's the price now?"

"Fifteen thousand," Hu Shangke said quickly.

Chen Yan smiled: "That's a brutal discount. What case happened inside?"

Hu Tiangou's face wore a somewhat furtive look: "A crime of passion! A woman conspired with her lover to kill her own husband, chopped him up right in the house!"

Chen Yan became even more spirited: "A dismemberment case!"

"Yeah!"

"One person died, and the monthly rent dropped straight to fifteen thousand?"

"Yeah!"

Chen Yan felt a bit embarrassed: "Well then... is there anything more haunted? Is there one where several people died in the same house?"

"..." Hu Shangke felt chest tightness: "Bro, how about I just find you a grave directly?"

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Chen Yan asked Hu Shangke all the ins and outs of the house clearly.

They were classmates; although Hu Shangke wanted to make some commission, his conscience wasn't bad.

After all, a fresh college graduate, still carrying some clear stupidity, didn't want to scam classmates and ruin his reputation in the class circle—if it were a few years later, a seasoned veteran rolling around in society, maybe it would be different.

Hu Shangke told him everything he knew, point by point:

There really was a dismemberment case in the house; that was several years ago, quite sensational at the time.

Hu Shangke didn't know the specific details of the case, just heard the female host killed the male host.

Probably a crime of passion.

The female host was of course arrested; whether she was executed or not, no one knew.

Later, the family put the house up for sale... after all, something like this happened, who the hell would want to live inside?

Sold very cheaply, the kind where the price was broken.

Normally, such a murder house is hard to sell; no matter how cheap, few people would be willing to buy.

But by chance, a bold patron encountered it, picked up this bargain, and bought the house for less than half the market price.

The person wasn't actually stupid.

As for the house, selling it immediately would definitely be impossible.

First, figure out how to rent it out at a low price!

As long as this house is rented out for a few years, with several batches of tenants living there.

Although the rent is low, at least it can cover property management, house maintenance, and such.

Moreover, no matter how haunted the house, after a few years, with the human energy of tenants, the past events can be treated as if they never happened.

By then, fewer people would care.

At that time, a house bought for ten million at half price could be resold for twenty million at the original market price.

In a few years, a one hundred percent return rate.

Considered a unique long-term investment. The return rate is still quite high.

However... not many people dare to do this business.

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"The murder case in this house was several years ago; after the current owner bought it, it has already been rented out to three batches of tenants, all seem okay, no problems occurred.

Our company's people privately discussed this house, estimating the owner will rent it out for at most another year or two before putting it up for sale.

This bargain, you occupy it for at most one or two years; for longer, they probably won't be willing to rent.

However, it suits your requirements quite well."

Hu Shangke's words basically handed over the bottom line to Chen Yan.

No time to lose; Chen Yan made the decision on the spot, pulling Hu Shangke to take him to see the house.

The two went out, hailed a taxi, and headed straight for Jiangning District south of Jin Ling.

The house was located at the foot of General Mountain, the one furthest inside the mountain side within a villa residential area.

The place was quite quiet; this house was built right next to the mountain edge. The neighboring houses on left and right were all over a hundred meters away.

The courtyard was not small, and it was a split-level courtyard structure—Hu Shangke said the yard was one mu, actually that was conservative.

The side of the house facing the mountain, outside the courtyard wall was a hillside, going up was uninhabited... if one had the courage, breaking a door in the courtyard wall to walk up the mountain and hillside, it was all unmanaged forest.

Chen Yan saw it and was satisfied immediately.

The decoration was exquisite; a few years ago, it counted as luxury decoration.

The furniture and furnishings were all high-end, central air conditioning, and also underfloor heating.

The living room was high-ceilinged, a huge crystal chandelier, radiating a sense of luxury.

Of course, the overall decoration style leaned a bit old-fashioned, and the furniture was all solid wood, the kind people a bit older would like.

Young people might not favor this style.

But Chen Yan didn't care!

Three months ago, he was still sleeping in an eight-person dorm!

He just thought: big space, remote location, low price.

And so luxurious.

What more could one ask for!

As for the haunted house?

His strange art cultivation should climb a level higher in a few days.

By then, he should be able to master one or two of the offensive strange arts in the secret manual, right?

If any evil thing dares to show its head, a True Yang Five Thunder Great Art will send you to reincarnation!

If that doesn't work, binding a ghost servant to serve him would be quite challenging, wouldn't it?

Chen Yan immediately paid the deposit on the spot, then asked Hu Shangke to arrange the signing.

As for the keys, he just put them directly in his own pocket.

Hu Shangke, eager to get the agency fee sooner, acted with lightning speed.

In three days, Old Hu arranged for both the landlord and the tenant to sign the contract.

The real landlord didn't show up at all; such wealthy big bosses don't appear casually, sending only a subordinate with a power of attorney.

Chen Yan transferred half a year's rent. Hu Shangke on his end also transferred half a month's rent as the agency fee.

This old classmate had been wholehearted in the transaction; the words he had previously advised Chen Yan with were all sincere and well-meaning.

Although Chen Yan didn't agree, he still appreciated the gesture.

The agency fee was paid exceptionally promptly, with no discount deducted.

The process went smoothly and pleasantly; once all handovers were complete, the other party left quickly.

In short, Chen Yan was very happy, Hu Shangke was happy, and the other party was very happy too.

However, just before leaving, the person couldn't help but look deeply at Chen Yan.

These days... how can someone living in a haunted house be so cheerful?

Are post-00s this fierce?

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Chen Yan called the old landlord directly to cancel the rental.

There was still a few hundred yuan in deposit, but Chen Yan was too lazy to ask for it.

This matter was hard to explain.

According to the contract, breaking the lease early counts as a breach, and legally the landlord could refuse to return the deposit.

According to common sense, the landlord was not acting properly, usually failing to fulfill the obligation of repairing facilities.

It was just comparing bad debts.

But Chen Yan was too lazy to waste time; was it worth delaying for many more days over a few hundred yuan?

Not worth it.

Carrying his suitcase, he moved into his "mansion."

The only regret was...

Upon moving in, Chen Yan used the Eye of Heaven to Survey Qi to look around the house.

Hmm, he didn't see any strangeness.

He was actually a bit disappointed.

Sigh... no ghosts?

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That night.

In the master bedroom on the third floor, over thirty square meters, on a double bed one point eight meters wide, Chen Yan threw himself onto the bed, sprawled out on his back.

The air conditioning and floor heating were on in the room, warm as spring.

The lights were also adjusted to a warm tone.

Huge floor-to-ceiling windows, outside was the mountain...

Chen Yan let out a sigh: This is truly comfortable!

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"What? Chen Yan moved out?"

The girl stood at the entrance of the rental house, suppressing her irritable mood, looking at the man standing inside the room.

The other party looked about thirty, squinting his eyes and staring at her...

Suppressing the impulse to kick the other party's crotch, the girl still wore that sweet and cute smile on her face, speaking softly: "Then, do you know his contact information?"

"... I don't know, I'm not close to him," the man was one of the tenants in the house; although he had been disturbed by knocking while playing games, seeing that the other party was a great beauty, he was still very patient: "The landlord definitely has his phone number."

The male tenant secretly sized up the girl in front of him... such a good-looking girl, why wear such an old-fashioned cotton coat?

Hmm? There's coal dust on the clothes she's wearing?

But that face really looks exciting...

The girl ignored the male tenant's gaze: "Then, may I ask you to give me the landlord's phone number?"

The male tenant took out his phone, opened the contacts, but suddenly stopped the action.

"Do you just give it because I ask?" the male tenant smiled in a rather lecherous way: "Beauty, do you have a boyfriend? You add my WeChat first, then I'll give you the landlord's phone number, okay?"

The smile on the girl's face faded bit by bit.

She squinted, looking at this fellow, then at the surroundings... the corridor was empty.

"Is there anyone at your home?" the girl asked softly.

"No one. What's up, beauty? Come in and sit?"

The girl nodded: "Mm, good that no one is here."

As she spoke, she stared into the man's eyes and suddenly blew a gentle breath.

That breath hit the man's face, and he instantly saw a blur before his eyes.

It seemed he still saw a strange color flash in the girl's eyes before him!

The girl casually took the man's phone, while the man remained completely unresponsive.

In his dazed state, he heard the girl say softly:

"You are a dog. You are very hungry. Go feed yourself."

The man: "…………"

His eyes grew hazy, and suddenly he turned stiffly around.

"Woof! Woof woof!!"

Barking softly, he mostly headed toward the toilet in the room...

Holding the phone, the girl looked at the contacts on the screen, found the name 【Landlord】, and quickly recorded the phone number.

Then, she tossed the phone into the room and casually closed the door.

She turned and left.

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